How to repair a ribbon on a vintage Boy Scout Eagle medal

I recently posted a blog in which I captured a distressed Eagle Scout badge, along with the necessary tools to repair it. Here’s the post. It’s one thing to photograph this wrecked badge. But it’s another to actually take a moment and fix it. And the big issue now for this medal … is the…

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Donald Trump and his Bobos sneakers

I swear, Donald Trump keeps running that swindle. He thinks that his name alone adds some sort of value or panache to everyday items. Which, of course, explains the popularity of Trump Steaks and Trump Ice Water and Trump Trading Cards and … oh, yeah. “Popularity.” Pfft. Yesterday, Donald Trump introduced his new scam. And…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, February 10 2024

Good morning, blog fans.โ€‚At the moment, I’m still recovering from my recent vascular surgery, so I apologize – I’ll put the blog recap out tomorrow.โ€‚I hope everyone understands. As for me, I’m 24 hours out of surgery and it’s been a heck of a 24 hours.โ€‚Please understand that I’m going to need some rest today,…

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AI still can’t properly generate hands.

So after the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory over the Buffalo Bills in last weekend’s playoffs, someone generated this AI image that purports to be Chiefs coach Andy Reid and future ex-wife of Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift – in a bit of a liplock. Awww … how sweet.โ€‚I’m sure that will get everybody triggered.โ€‚Especially all those…

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The Green Island Power Authority responded to my questions. All of them.

Last Saturday, the Town and Village of Green Island was plunged into darkness as a power outage struck the area.โ€‚And while the neighboring towns of Cohoes and Waterford had their power restored reasonably soon, it wasn’t until nearly 4:00 in the morning when Green Islanders received their repaired electricity.โ€‚ GIPA had a planned Town Board…

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Christmas in Iverhill: The Snow Fort of St. Timothy

NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy Tale,” as well as the short stories in the “Christmas in Iverhill” series, visit this link. Monday, December 24th, 1973. Port’s alarm clock rang at 8:00 a.m., with that same bang-bang-bang bell-ringing that married 8:00 a.m. to the end of sleep. …

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The Nightmare Before Christmas on the Royale With Cheese Movie Club

For those new readers to my blog, the “Royale With Cheese Movie Club” was named due to my finally seeing Pulp Fiction about 20 years after everyone else saw it. Okay, so I was a bit late. But in doing so, I created a subsection on this blog of films that, if I mention the…

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